Guidance robot and method for navigation service using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11686583-B2
Application number	US-201916590269-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 1, 2019
Priority date	Aug 22, 2019
Publication date	Jun 27, 2023
Grant date	Jun 27, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a facility guide robot that provides necessary information to a user who uses the facility while moving inside the facility. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to a facility guide robot and a facility guide method using the same, wherein the facility guide robot may actively provide the guide information to the facility users before the facility user requests to use the facility guide robot. That is, the convenience of the facility user may be improved by allowing the facility guide robot to provide the guide information necessary to the facility user before the facility user, who needs the guide, checks or calls the facility guide robot to receive the guide information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A facility guide robot, comprising:
a robot body;
a driver configured to move the robot body;
a camera mounted to the robot body and configured to capture an image or a video of users in a facility;
a memory configured to store guide information on the facility; and
a processor configured to:
determine facility users who have visited the facility based on a history of visits to the facility based on facility use information and biometric information of the facility users received via a network,
determine, without an explicit request by a first user for the guide information on the facility, whether to provide the guide information on the facility to the first user among the facility users who have visited the facility based on a number of pupil movements of the first user or a number of head movements of the first user extracted from the captured image or the captured video,
control the driver to move to a location adjacent to the first user, and
cause an output of the guide information in a form of at least one of a voice or an image based on the determine to provide the guide information to the first user,
wherein the facility use information is generated when the first user uses the facility, wherein the facility use information includes at least one of a number of visits to the facility by the first user or historical information of visiting a space in the facility by the first user.

2. The facility guide robot according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether to provide the guide information on the facility based on an age of the first user, wherein the age of the first user is received from a server.

3. The facility guide robot according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether to provide the guide information on the facility based on the number of the pupil movements of the first user or the number of the head movements of the first user occurring more than a predetermined number of times according to the captured image or the captured video.

4. The facility guide robot according to claim 1 , wherein the guide information includes at least one of guidance on a gate location for checking entry and exit of the first user, guidance on an available space in the facility, guidance on dangerous factors in the facility, or guidance on dangerous situations encountered by the first user.

5. A facility guide method of a robot for guiding a facility user, comprising:
capturing, using a camera mounted to a body of the robot, an image or a video of users in a facility;
determining facility users who have visited the facility based on a history of visits to the facility based on facility use information and biometric information of the facility users received via a network;
determining whether to provide a guide information on the facility to a first user among the facility users who have visited the facility based on at least one of a number of pupil movements of the first user or a number of head movements of the first user extracted from the captured image or the captured video without an explicit request by the first user for the guide information on the facility;
moving the body of the robot to a location adjacent to the first user; and
providing the guide information in a form of at least one of a voice from a speaker or an image on a display based on the determining to provide the guide information to the first user,
wherein the facility use information is generated when the first user uses the facility, wherein the facility use information includes at least one of a number of visits to the facility by the first user or historical information of visiting a space in the facility by the first user.

6. The facility guide method of a robot according to claim 5 , further comprising:
determining whether to provide the guide information on the facility based on an age of the first user, wherein the age of the first user is received via a server.

7. The facility guide method of a robot according to claim 5 , further comprising: determining whether to provide the guide information on the facility based on the number of the pupil movements of the first user or the head movements of the first user occurring more than a predetermined number of times according to the captured image or the captured video.

8. A non-transitory memory storing one or more programs, which, when executed by one or more processors of a robot, cause the robot to perform a facility guide method for guiding a facility user, the one or more processors comprising instructions for:
capturing, using a camera mounted to a body of the robot, an image or a video of users in a facility;
determining facility users who have visited the facility based on a history of visits to the facility based on facility use information and biometric information of the facility users received via a network;
determining whether to provide a guide information on the facility to a first user among the facility users who have visited the facility based on at least one of a number of pupil movements of the first user or a number of head movements of the first user extracted from the captured image or the captured video without an explicit request by the first user for the guide information on the facility;
moving the body of the robot to a location adjacent to the first user; and
providing the guide information in a form of at least one of a voice from a speaker or an image on a display based on the determining to provide the guide information to the first user,
wherein the facility use information is generated when the first user uses the facility, wherein the facility use information includes at least one of a number of visits to the facility by the first user or historical information of visiting a space in the facility by the first user.

9. The non-transitory memory of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors further comprise instructions for:
determining whether to provide the guide information based on an age of the first user, wherein the age of the first user is received via a server.

10. The non-transitory memory of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors further comprise instructions for:
determining whether to provide the guide information user based on a number of the pupil movements of the first user or the head movements of the first user occurring more than a predetermined number of times according to the captured image or the captured video.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Huh Ji Young
• Kim Ji Hye
• Park Jin Sung
• Jin Moon Sub
• Kim Beom Oh

Classifications

• G06V40/172

  Classification, e.g. identification · CPC title

• B25J11/0005 Primary

  Manipulators having means for high-level communication with users, e.g. speech generator, face recognition means · CPC title

• G01C21/206 Primary

  specially adapted for indoor navigation · CPC title

• G06V40/166

  using acquisition arrangements · CPC title

• B25J11/008 Primary

  Manipulators for service tasks · CPC title